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Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar
Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar

Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar

Date3/8/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0121208F
      A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)
      A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/19/1988
      Learning the ropes Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force have to know the ropes -- and to make sure they do, they're put through routine tr(...)
      Learning the ropes Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force have to know the ropes -- and to make sure they do, they're put through routine tr(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/1/1981
      Rald's aftermath: Shattered glass litters the floor of a storefront factory in Concord after a combined police force smashed windows to lob in tear gas, surprising a man sleeping on the floor
      Rald's aftermath: Shattered glass litters the floor of a storefront factory in Concord after a combined police force smashed windows to lob in tear gas, surprising a man sleeping on the floor
      Spremo, Boris
      3/2/1983
      Members of the Metro Police emergency task lead a man away after several shots were fired a Wellesley St
      Members of the Metro Police emergency task lead a man away after several shots were fired a Wellesley St
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      10/11/1975
      Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
      Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/27/1986
      Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon
      Shotgun-armed man kept Emergency task Force Unit of Metro Police at bay for more than an hour yesterday afternoon
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/24/1977
      Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
      Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/5/1988
      The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, with 1,160,000 miles logged, and David McIver, who has operated TTC streetcars for(...)
      The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, with 1,160,000 miles logged, and David McIver, who has operated TTC streetcars for(...)
      McIver, David
      7/29/1971
      Mace, a form of tear gas used by police in other provinces, is demonstrated by Tedd Smith, representative of the Smith and Wesson Law Enforcement Group
      Mace, a form of tear gas used by police in other provinces, is demonstrated by Tedd Smith, representative of the Smith and Wesson Law Enforcement Group
      Calleja, Frank
      3/7/1972
      Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
      Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
      Goode, Jeff
      6/8/1988
      Keep 'Em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell carhouse, oneof the TTC's four streetcar barns
      Keep 'Em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russell carhouse, oneof the TTC's four streetcar barns
      Goode, Jeff
      6/2/1988
      Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russsell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
      Keep 'em rolling: When streetcars need a checkup, a good scrubbing or a boost on the huge new hoist, they are wheeled into the Russsell Carhouse, one of the TTC's four streetcar barns
      Goode, Jeff
      6/2/1988